IB has raised the minimum monthly fees for nontraders from $10 to $20. "Minimum Activity Fee In July 2009, a change to the manner in which the monthly Minimum Activity Fee (MAF) is determined will be implemented . The effect of this change is to no longer allow for Market Data Subscription fees to be considered as a fee eligible to offset the MAF. Commissions will be the sole fee eligible to offset the MAF either in part or whole. "
This is why i hate when decent firms go public, they press for revenue to to get that stock price up.